Greatest Greatest Hits: Your favorite posts of 2017

In 2017, we brought you 1,059 posts including 225 breakfast links, and you wrote 32,286 comments on them!

That's a lot of comments, and we want to sincerely thank you for your engagement. I often learn as much from the comment section as from the articles themselves, and I'm proud and appreciative to be part of the community of smart, passionate people that make up GGWash.

As we close out 2017, here are some of the most popular posts of this past year:

Five of our top posts dug into equity issues in the region, including how policing, race, and segregation impact our communities. (Those are the stories highlighted in light blue.) We're working to reflect a broader range of experiences and perspectives on the blog, and it's good to see that you like what we're doing.

Three others (highlighted in purple) were about cycling, which is no surprise. We love our bikes!

The other top stories were mostly about roads (pink), buses (tan), Metro (green), infrastructure, and housing — all topics that will continue to be our bread and butter. It's been a busy year for Metro and the Purple Line, closing out with somepositive news. The developments along I-66, from bike lanes to tolls, also kept us busy this year — as did Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's highway-widening plans. We're looking forward to digging into these issues even more in 2018.

Three of the most commented-on posts were about driving and roads (in pink), and two were about the Purple Line (highlighted in purple). Two first-person posts — one about biking as a woman and the other about buying a House in Prince George's — both got a slew of comments as well. Although only one breakfast links post broke into the top ten most-commented this year, there's consistently been a lot of great conversation in those each morning.

As we seek to do more and better analysis and journalism, we never forget that it's the community of bright and dedicated readers, commenters, writers, and volunteers that make this all happen every day. We truly appreciate you.

As always, if you find yourself thinking "I wish someone wrote X," consider writing it yourself! You can reach out to us here. Wishing you all the happiest of holidays!

Julie Strupp is Lead Editor at Greater Greater Washington. She's a journalist committed to building inclusive, equitable communities and finding solutions. Previously she's worked for DCist, Washingtonian, and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. You can usually find her sparring with her judo club, pedaling around the city, or chatting with her neighbors on her Park View porch.